Fence-post



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE T. CLARK, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,305, dated January4, 1881.

Application filed April 14, 1880,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE THOMAS CLARK, ofthe city of Muskegon, county of Muskegon, State of Michigan, haveinvented an Improved Combination Fence-Post, which consists of re-clay,iron, wood, cement, sand, and lead, as set forth in the followingspecification, and the drawings annexed hereto.

Figure l is an elevation and plan. a section and plan.

a is a cylindrical piece of earthen or cement pipe, which may be in oneor more pieces, and which are commonly known as sewer77 or drain7 pipes.Y

bis a cylindrical piece of iron metal, (inform like a stove-pipe,) ofsheet-iron or iron-Wire netting, of the lengt-l1 ofl the post intendedto be made, which is inserted lengthwise i11- side of the pipe ai, firstcovering the inner Walls of the pipe a With a coating of cement, so thatwhen the iron bis inserted inside of the said pipe a it will adhereclose to the inne-r walls ot' the pipe a'.

cV is mortar made of cement and sand, which is placed inside of the ironb, filling upl the cavity therein remaining inside of the iron Fig. 2 is(No model.)

solidly with the same, thus making a solid post, as is shown indrawings.

For the purpose of fastening materials to the post, holes are made inthe same, as shown in Fig. 1, into which melted lead is poured, which,when cooled, can be bored out and fitted for the screw-bolt intended forthe fastening,

or by inserting in the post an iron female screw in'to which thescrewbolt intended for the fastening ean be turned, or by inserting inthe post wood or prepared clay into which iron nails can be driven, orby putting a bolt entirely through the post, so that boards can befastened on each side of the post.

What I claim is- A fence-post consisting of the combination, with anouter earthenware or cement cylinder, a, of an inner sheet-iron orWire-netting cylin\ der, b,`and a tillin g or core, 0, said post being45 provided With suitable plugged and bored holes to sustain therail-bolts, substantially as described.

GEORGE THOMAS CLARK. Witnesses:

J. C. McLAUGHLIN, S. B. COLE..

